FNwF October

Last night i joined in Friday Night with Friends hosted by the lovely Cheryll.

Just a few things stitched. Around lunch time i trimmed back my little stitcheries for Send my Love bom & cut a background piece to applique some EPP to. Then onto a necessary but boring job which i'd been putting off - winding DMC threads onto cards. I only thought i had a few needing to be replaced but that few turned into about 20 & took me several hours. Just as well i have Netflix to entertain me. :) :).

The evening saw me me applique the stitcheries to the backgrounds.

Applique the EPP down

This is the front of a  needle case i'm making for a swap.

Lastly i started doing the stitching on this panel from a ufo which i discovered to my disgust i had  started on back in 2012.

I'd dragged it out earlier this week & have completed the front & back panels & i am now up to the small stitcheries which go on My Little Teahouse sewing bag. I'm hoping it isn't another 6 years before it's a finish. :) :).

Pop over to Cheryll's blog to find out who joined in & what projects they worked on.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI September

Thankyou Wendy for being our lovely hostess for FNSI

I had hoped to be sewing binding onto a quilt yesterday but it wasn't meant to be. Instead i started out to repair my poor quilt. Wear & tear had seen the embroidery thread holding down the leaves & flowers disintegrate.

I started with the red blooms & sadly discovered more things need stitching down then i originally thought. Some of the gold pieces, little black spots & the bird bath in the centre are also lifting up because the vliesofix has also disintegrated. After i get all the applique sorted out the binding will need replacing.

So that was my evening for FNSI.

 Pop over to Wendy's blog to find out who joined in & what projects they worked on.

Happy Stitching,

UFO finish

The blocks in this quilt were made in a sampler bee through Instagram back in 2015 for fans of Bonnie & Camille fabrics. I think most if not all the block patterns also came from Bonnie & Camille patterns. I think i put the top together last year.

 I sent it to Fiona to be quilted & it arrived back Monday just so beautifully quilted. Yesterday was binding day. I had hoped to get a 2nd quilt bound that also arrived back on Monday but i had 3 small visitors so the 2nd quilt awaits me.

My block is the centre one 3rd row.

Happy Stitching,

FNwF September

Yesterday i joined in with our lovely hostess Cheryll  in this months Friday Night with Friends.

I started early & first up was to prep this months Snow Happy Hearts block. It was stitched down later in the afternoon will watching Netflix. Pop over to visit Shez, Karen & Joan to see what their hearts.

2nd on my list was to finally trim back last months Send My Love bom sticheries & turn the edges under ready to stitch. That done they were appliqued later on in the evening as well. The backgrounds were also trimmed back.

3rd on my list was to add the bias binding to baby "C's" banner.

4th project was to cut out a banner i stitched months ago, add the backing & then the bias along the top. The bells were stitched on during the evening.

5th project was to add borders, wadding, backing, quilt  & then binding this free stitchery from Michelle. Binding was stitched during the evening.

Last project was one i stitched a month or so ago. It is from Fig n Berry Creations. I added borders, wadding, backing, quilted it & sewed on the binding & it also was ready for the pile of projects to work on during the evening.

That was my busy day of sewing. So glad my project pile has some what shortened. Just wish my ufo list was being shortened as well.:).

Pop over to Cheryll's blog to see who all joined i last night & see what projects they worked on.

Happy Sewing.

FNSI August.

I started my FNSI by cutting & then sewing the binding on a quilt recently quilted by Fabulous Fiona. I started cutting out the plaid pieces when i lived up north early 2000's then put away until recent years. I cut the gold pieces & both borders & voila!!! a quilt top was done. Now it is a fully completed quilt. :)

My next little project hit a bump in the road when i realised the bias was the wrong width. I guess when i was buying it online i was too busy making sure i wasn't buying way more metres then needed that i forgot to check width. :( Hopefully the new bias arrives Tuesday. I trimmed the stitcheries back, added wadding & the backing to baby "C's" banner.

3rd project was a Christmas hanging from earlier this year. All it needed was  the wadding, backing & a little quilting.

Another cute one from Fig n Berry.

The last thing i did in my sewing room before a marathon binding session was to prep this months Snowman.

Thankyou Wendy for hosting us for FNSI. Pop over to Wendy's blog to find links to who joined in & what projects they worked on.

Happy stitching,